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[[File:AroflagAromantic.jpgpng|thumb|220x220px|The aromantic flag.]]
'''Aromantic''' (often shortened to '''aro''') is a romantic orientation defined by a lack of [[Romantic Attraction|romantic attraction]]. Romantic attraction is often defined as the desire to be in a romantic relationship and/or do romantic acts with a specific person. For non-aromantic people ([[Alloromantic|alloromantics]]) romantic attraction is involuntary and even occurs when someone doesn't know the other person (though one might not act on it). Aromantic people do not have an innate desire to be in a romantic relationship. They might also feel disconnected from the idea of romance.
== Aromantic Flag and Symbols ==
[[File:Aromanticflag2Aromantic (2).png|thumb|The first proposed aromantic flag.|alt=]]
[[File:Aromanticflag1Aromantic (3).png|thumb|The second proposed aromantic flag.|alt=]]
The first proposed aromantic flag had four stripes. Green, because it's the opposite of red, the most commonly associated romance color. Yellow, representing platonic love, because yellow roses represent friendship. Orange, for [[Greyromantic|greyromantics]], because it's in between red and yellow. And black, representing [[Allosexual|alloromantics]] that "reject traditional ideas of romance". This flag was later changed because it closely resembled the Rastafarian flag, and because it had a stripe representing alloromantics.